It was a wild and blustery start to the clam season at Poole Harbour last week, with just 15 of the 45 eligible boats braving the weather to fish for the species for the first time since the fishery closed…
Mark Blanchard spends a day with husband and wife team Annie and Ian Gilbert, who have been fishing together off the Dorset and Isle of Wight coast for the past two decades Keeping shop with your partner must test any…
Bodycam footage (pictured above) taken by officers from the Southern IFCA was a key piece of evidence provided to Poole Magistrates’ Court at a hearing on 27 January. Geoffrey Bennett was found guilty of failing without reasonable excuse to comply…
On 21 November, the last of the RNLI’s Atlantic 75 inshore lifeboats was withdrawn from service, being replaced by a new Atlantic 85, reports Nicholas Leach. The historic event took place at Littlestone-on-Sea near New Romney in Kent, when the…
Fishermen and their families at Poole were relieved of dental pain thanks to the SeaFit programme, which provided free dental checks and emergency treatment on the quayside last month. Image: Fishermen’s Mission superintendent Nick O’Neill with fisherman Chris Skinner after…
